250 Watt MH Grow with *PICS*

Welcome to my grow journal! I am going to try and keep this as updated as I can even though I'm 3 weeks into flowering.

Bulb: 250 watt metal halide (HPS bulb blew out and can't afford new one)
Reflector: Euro Reflector from HTG supply
Ventilation: 6 inch duct fan 250 CFM (attached to reflector via flexible duct, three small computer fans for intake, and one 6 inch fan for air movement inside the box.
Medium: 50% Miracle Gro Peat Moss 50% Miracle Gro Perlite
Water: I can't adjust the pH of my water so I fill a three gallon container with two 12 inch airstones pumping air out on the bottom. I let the water sit for a few days bubbling away before using.
Nutrients: Fox Farms Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom
Temperature: 77F- 80F
Plant Height: Around 15 inches. Would have been a lot taller but I tied down the taller branches which has given me a lot more bud sites.

All questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome so please post away. I might be back with a few new pictures a little later tonight to show some pics of my veg box if people are interested. Thanks to anyone who stops in

Tom

hey man, nice grow. Don't worry i am flowering w/ two 400 watt MH bulbs, and love it. I have seen nice buds come from MH lights in flower. Check out my journal in the sig, to see mine. I also tie mine down to get more light to the buds.

Thanks for the comment lilmafia. Since this plant and my last plant are the same strain I am going to compare my last harvest under the HPS to this upcoming harvest under the MH and see which came out better.

Tom

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Thanks for the comment lilmafia. Since this plant and my last plant are the same strain I am going to compare my last harvest under the HPS to this upcoming harvest under the MH and see which came out better.

Tom

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Good idea, post the results because there is always arguments here about what works better, and all claim it is HPS. This is my first official, complete grow, so i don't know the difference. But i like what i see with twoo 400's!!LOL! I'll be watchin' for the results!

Hello RollItUp!

Today is day 26 for my flowering room. I have been feeding my female the fox farm trio pack (big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big) at half strength this week. I am just going by the schedule that came with the nutrients. Next week I might go 3/4 strength or maybe full strength. The temps have been staying good topping out at 81 mid day and the RH is staying right around 30-35%. Here's some pics, feel free to comment!

Tom

Here is my homeade veg box. I made it out of 2x4's and wrapped it in black and white poly plastic. The light is a 70 watt HPS that is housed in High Tech Garden Supply's four sided horizontal reflector. For ventilation I have two computer fans, on blowing air around box and one blowing underneath light bulb. I also have a 4 inch duct booster fan from homedepot for exhaust. The duct booster fan is mounted at the top with bungee cords and is very quiet and still moves a lot of air. The plants I have in the veg box are 3 seedlings (2 more not really out of soil all the way), basil, and a grapefruit plant. The temps never go higher than 82 in this box and I am really happy with it. Here's some pics for anyone who's interested. Let me know what you think

Tom

tom__420 said:

Hello RollItUp!

Today is day 26 for my flowering room. I have been feeding my female the fox farm trio pack (big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big) at half strength this week. I am just going by the schedule that came with the nutrients. Next week I might go 3/4 strength or maybe full strength. The temps have been staying good topping out at 81 mid day and the RH is staying right around 30-35%. Here's some pics, feel free to comment!

Tom

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Hey Tom, I use the Grow big, and TIger bloom, but not big bloom. I started the same way with them and then went full strentghafter about two weeks. No problems. You probably already know this, but watch the tiger bloom, it lowers the PH of my water to like 4.0 !!!

tom__420 said:

Here is my homeade veg box. I made it out of 2x4's and wrapped it in black and white poly plastic. The light is a 70 watt HPS that is housed in High Tech Garden Supply's four sided horizontal reflector. For ventilation I have two computer fans, on blowing air around box and one blowing underneath light bulb. I also have a 4 inch duct booster fan from homedepot for exhaust. The duct booster fan is mounted at the top with bungee cords and is very quiet and still moves a lot of air. The plants I have in the veg box are 3 seedlings (2 more not really out of soil all the way), basil, and a grapefruit plant. The temps never go higher than 82 in this box and I am really happy with it. Here's some pics for anyone who's interested. Let me know what you think

Tom

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Looks good man!!

Yeah the guy at my hydro store warned me about that. But he said that big bloom should be added first and it will help stabalize the pH and keep it at a good level for my plants. If you got the big bloom maybe that would help out a bit in pH department. Just a thought

Tom

tom__420 said:

Yeah the guy at my hydro store warned me about that. But he said that big bloom should be added first and it will help stabalize the pH and keep it at a good level for my plants. If you got the big bloom maybe that would help out a bit in pH department. Just a thought

Tom

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Do you mix the big bloom and tiger bloom together with the water at the same time? Or use one then the other the next time?

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

I use this schedule for my soil plants and I mix as the table says. I just make sure to use the big bloom first when mixing. I either mix in a 3 gallon rubbermaid with aeration at the bottom from air pump or a gallon jug and mix daily. This way has worked well for me and is pretty much the way to do it right.

Tom

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tom__420 said:

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf

I use this schedule for my soil plants and I mix as the table says. I just make sure to use the big bloom first when mixing. I either mix in a 3 gallon rubbermaid with aeration at the bottom from air pump or a gallon jug and mix daily. This way has worked well for me and is pretty much the way to do it right.

Tom

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Yup, i follow that same schedule with these two nutes. I thnk i'll pick up some bog bloom.

Yesterday marked 4 weeks flowering for my female and I plan on upping her nutes to full strength tomorrow. The buds are really filling in and I am impressed with LST. I have moved on of my four seedling into the flower room to see what 12/12 from seedling is like. I have three seedlings in veg that have been transplanted into bigger pots. The seedlings are really enjoying the 70 watt HPS. I will take some pics tomorrow to show the progress of all of my plants. Until then, happy smoking everybody!

Tom

Alright everyone I snapped a few pics of the veg box and flower box to show you how things are coming alone. The first pic is a shot of the whole box. As you can see I removed the basil to make room for the seedlings. The seedlings are working on there second set of leaves. And for the flower box... She is really filling in nice. I am going to mix up the full strength nutes tomorrow and give them to her because she doesn't need any water or nutes today.
Pic #1- A shot of my veg box.
Pic #2- A close up of one of the seedlings in veg.
Pic #3- A pic showing the seedling going 12/12 from seed in front and huge female in back
Pic #4- Showing my big female, temp. censor that shows temps on digital read out, and how close the plant is to bottom of reflector.
Pic #5- An overhead view of how well LST can work

I hope you all enjoy my pics and please feel free to post some comments and let me know if I am doing anything wrong or could improve on some things. Thanks a lot RollItUp!

Tom

looking good man!!!

hey tom are girls are same age(mine are a month and a few days)
looks good so far . i also have three 12/12 from seed planst going . i am gonna finish out with cfl but then its hps time cfls are doing great but i can tell its taking longer than usual . im sure you are gonna b passing by my girls on the way to the checkered flag

Today marks day 35 flowering for the big lady haha. I used CFL's before I got this system and had some alright success. The growth rate is just so much better with HID. I would def recommend getting one. I'll try snapping a few pics in a little bit to show some of the progress. Thanks for the comment

Tom

Picture #1- View into my veg box
Picture #2- Overhead shot of seedlings (2 weeks old give or take)
Picture #3- Overhead shot of 12/12 seedling
Picture #4- Big female day 35 flowering
Picture #5- Closeup shot of one of the smaller buds

Hope you all enjoy, please post some comments and let me know what you think. Thanks a lot

Tom

Forgot pics lol too stoned

very nice, you should be harvesting around the same time as me.